Nostalgic for the good old days. “Spanish soldier arrested over Islamist videos,” from Reuters, February 17 (thanks to all who sent this in):
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish soldier and his Russian girlfriend were arrested on Tuesday for posting videos on the Internet calling for Islamist attacks in Spain, the National Police said.
Christian Peso Ruiz and Maria Choubina, both 24, were arrested in the city of Granada in Andalusia over the videos, which called for the recovery of territories in Spain — known as Al Andalus — which were under Muslim rule for hundreds of years, the police said in a news release.
“They wanted to use the Internet to distribute messages to encourage people in the Muslim world to carry out terrorist attacks in Spain, mixing nostalgic calls for the liberation of Al Andalus with praise of terrorists,” the police said….